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Panama is off the wall. I have been to many countries that run on “island time” but no where like here. Today, a flight to the Pearl Islands was three hours later than scheduled. Not because the other plane was late arriving, not because of weather delays, just… because.

It was a bit of an aggressive start, flying to Houston with a five-hour layover, arriving in Panama City at 2am. At 530am, we got picked up at the airport and promptly went on a 2.5 hour drive to the Caribbean coast through the San Blas Hills. Here, we went on a tour of several of the San Blas Islands just off the coast. Not many locals speak English here, which can make things challenging at times. Being good at hand signals really comes in handy.

The first night in Panama was spent on a private cabana, on a quiet island, fast asleep at 5pm, sleeping clear through the night.

The food here is simple and delicious. Most of the fish are cooked fully, minus the tails and you just pick the meat off the bones.

After one night in San Blas, a quick 2.5 hour drive back to Panama City. Downtown Panama City is insane. That’s just the right word for it. You could compare driving to some European countries with traffic circles everywhere, horns blaring constantly and the aggressive driver wins every time. It really is something to see. It never ceases to amaze me where there just aren’t crashes at every turn.

Unfortunately, I forgot an essential cable to upload some photos from my main camera. I have some pictures that I took from some of my back up cameras but I will have to wait to complete the blogs. Until then, a few shots.

Stubs